Chapter 942 Pregnancy (First Update)
Everyone present changed their expressions. Gu Jiao now held a prominent position in the family. Even Xiao Yiyi was happy to let her massage her little feet. The slightest movement of hers could cause a storm in the entire household.
Xiao Heng was the first to react. He quickly stood up, came to her side, gently stroked her back, bent down and asked, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?"
Gu Jiao suppressed her nausea and said, "I suddenly feel a little nauseous."
Princess Xinyang's eyes suddenly became incredibly bright.
A subtle change gradually appeared in Xiao Ji's eyes.
One had given birth himself, and the other had had a woman give birth to him; both were experienced and therefore much more perceptive of this situation than Xiao Heng, a young man who had just lost his virginity.
Princess Xinyang said to Xiao Ji, "Please excuse yourself for a moment."
This is a private matter to ask. Xiao Ji is not a blockhead like General Qian; he has the mindset of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
He asked, "Should we avoid this place, or should we summon the imperial physician?"
Princess Xinyang was stunned for a moment, and looked at him with great surprise, as if to say, "Your brain can actually work this well?"
"Tsk." Xiao Ji received her gaze and shook his head self-deprecatingly.
Within a single day, he was first "collected" by Chang Jing, and then his mind was questioned by Princess Xinyang. His life was truly tragic and bloody.
He sighed and left.
Princess Xinyang looked at Gu Jiao and asked seriously, "Have you had your period this month?"
"Huh?" Gu Jiao was taken aback.
"No," Xiao Heng answered for her.
He exercised his rights as a husband every day, and of course he remembered that she hadn't had her period since their marriage.
He had never been a father, so he was a bit slow to realize this, but he was good at reading people's expressions. As soon as his mother asked him that question, he immediately understood.
"Mother, you wouldn't be..."
Princess Xinyang neither admitted nor denied it: "Your period hasn't come, don't you all suspect anything? Especially you, Jiaojiao, you're a doctor!"
Gu Jiao said, "My periods have been irregular for the past six months."
Whether it's due to puberty or the effects of war and overexertion on her body, her period this year has either been absent for two consecutive months or occurred twice a month.
Xiao Heng originally remembered her menstrual cycle, but once it became irregular, he was helpless.
Princess Xinyang exclaimed in surprise: "You managed to get pregnant like this... It's all thanks to my fertility-enhancing medicine!"
"cough!"
Xiao Heng choked successfully.
He couldn't bear to tell his mother that taking the fertility-enhancing drugs was something they had done afterward.
He thought to himself, "It was only once..."
It was still their first time, which was awkward and unpleasant for both of them.
Did they conceive successfully that time? Were they just using contraception for nothing afterward?
This is really—
It's hard to know what to say.
Wait, it's just dry heaving; it doesn't necessarily mean she's pregnant.
Perhaps it was all for naught.
Xiao Heng poured Gu Jiao a glass of warm water and had the plate of braised pork hock removed.
Princess Xinyang has a light palate. During the years when Xiao Heng was not by her side, she started eating vegetarian food. After becoming pregnant with Xiao Yiyi, she started eating meat again to increase her nutrition. Even now, while breastfeeding, she still cannot give up fish soup and other meaty foods.
But overall, it's not greasy.
Dishes like braised pork hock and braised pork belly are mostly made to cater to children's tastes.
Worried that the two might not be used to the food, she asked her maid to bring over some pickled vegetables and preserved vegetables.
The imperial physician arrived very quickly, and was already waiting outside the courtyard before he had even finished his meal.
"I'm full," Gu Jiao said.
“I’m full too,” Xiao Heng said.
Since Yu Jin was not present today, Princess Xinyang summoned the other maids and asked them to tidy up the room. She herself took her two children and planned to go to the next room to meet the imperial physician.
However, the three of them were stunned by what they saw as soon as they crossed the threshold.
It was a sea of heads.
Did they empty out the Imperial Physicians' Office?
They didn't even leave a night watch for the Emperor, did they?
Xiao Ji turned around, head held high, and said to the imperial physicians, "One at a time!"
That night, Gu Jiao did nothing but sit in a chair and let the imperial physician take her pulse.
Ultimately, everyone reached the same conclusion: pregnancy.
"You gentlemen have worked hard." Princess Xinyang gave each of the imperial physicians a large red envelope, and the grievances that the imperial physicians had been dragged away by Marquis Xuanping with a knife to their necks vanished.
"Alright, you two should go back and rest early too." She said to Xiao Heng and the other person, "Be careful during the first three months, don't be too indulgent."
It's probably impossible to completely prevent them from doing anything, so we'll have to settle for second best.
Xiao Heng coughed lightly: "I understand, Mother."
He took Gu Jiao's hand and returned to Lanting Courtyard.
Xiao Jingkong and Shangguan Qing have gone out and are not at the residence.
The Orchid Pavilion Courtyard was very quiet.
The two strolled along the fragrant cobblestone path. When servants approached them to bow, Xiao Heng raised his hand, and the servants understood and silently withdrew.
Yu Ya'er came from the corridor carrying the clothes that had just been dried. The word "Miss" had just risen to her throat when the nanny next to her tugged at her sleeve.
The old woman shook her head at her.
"Oh." Yu Ya'er wasn't stupid; she turned around and went back to her room.
"Was that... morning sickness just now?" Xiao Heng asked.
Gu Jiao hasn't said a word since we started eating.
Unable to fathom her thoughts, he could only try to get her talking.
Gu Jiao hummed in agreement: "I guess so."
Xiao Heng breathed a sigh of relief that she was still willing to speak. He turned to look at her relatively calm expression, unable to guess whether she was as calm inside as she was.
“Actually, having a child isn’t bad,” he said softly. “If it’s a son, it’ll be like Jingkong and Xiaobao; if it’s a daughter, it’ll be like Yiyi. When you think about it that way, isn’t it cute?”
Gu Jiao glanced at him in surprise: "You actually praised Jingkong for being cute."
Xiao Heng was taken aback: "Uh...did I praise him wrong? Isn't he cute?"
If he wasn't cute, how did you fall for his tricks in the first place? And how did you not get annoyed by him clinging to you all the time?
Gu Jiao said, "He's cute, but it's strange to hear you say that."
The two have been bickering since the first day they met, using every trick in the book to outwit each other. Don't think she's unaware of this.
The window paper can be torn down easily.
Xiao Heng gave a polite smile.
The Princess's Mansion is a beautiful place, and its style and layout are among the top three in the entire capital.
A cool breeze and the fragrance of flowers fill the air, making one feel refreshed and relaxed.
The two walked a little further on.
“Actually…” Gu Jiao opened her mouth.
Xiao Heng suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, as if afraid of hearing something he didn't want to hear from her, so he decided to make the decision himself: "Actually, we are still young, and I have just entered my official career. I really don't have the energy to take care of the child—"
He caught his breath as he spoke.
It's so painful.
I can't bring myself to say it.
Gu Jiao stopped walking, and the two of them, holding hands, stopped as well.
Gu Jiao stared at him intently: "You don't want this child?"
"That's not what I meant—" Xiao Heng retorted instinctively. How could he not want it? He was—
Wait, is she asking him?
His eyes flickered, and he looked at her with a hint of nervousness: "Jiaojiao, why...why do you ask that? Do you want it?"
Gu Jiao lowered her eyes, looked at her flat stomach, and nodded.
A flicker of wild joy flashed in Xiao Heng's eyes: "Jiaojiao..."
Why are you making that face? Do you think I wouldn't want it?
Xiao Heng smiled awkwardly, not answering the question directly, but instead said, "Then why were you silent just now? I thought you were unhappy."
"I'm just not quite there yet." She looked intently at her stomach. "How did I end up with a baby?"
She herself has become quite curious.
Xiao Heng was so charmed by her that his heart melted. How could there be such a lovely girl in the world?
He patted her head and couldn't help but ask with a smile, "Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
Gu Jiao said honestly, "It wasn't sudden. After meeting Tang Yueshan that time, it seems that my state of mind has changed a lot."
Because Tang Ming was not a perfect son, he was not even a good son. He had too many personality and character flaws, but Tang Yueshan's love for him never diminished in the slightest, and he never gave up on this son.
She regained the strength she had lost in childhood due to abandonment from Tang Yueshan.
Xiao Hengzhen never expected that the person who changed her mindset was Tang Yueshan.
He pulled her into his arms and gently stroked her head. He had so much to say, he wanted to thank her, he wanted to praise her, but when the words came to his lips, he found that none of them could express it properly.
He simply held her tighter, letting her sense his emotions.
He wanted his and her child.
He eagerly awaited the arrival of this little life.
(End of this chapter)
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